Plate
The Royal Worcester Porcelain Co. Ltd. (1862 to date)
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
29 mm (Height); 275 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22001.1.1
Summary
White dinner plate decorated with cobalt blue and worn gilded banding around rim, with an inner band of gilt dots. Marked on the underside with the Royal Worcester mark. Rectangular trade mark reads: MANUFACTURED FOR / WILLIAM WHITELEY / UNIVERSAL PROVIDER. Additionally marked in blue with the number 4 and in red 1313. Incised with the letters IM. Small crack on rim.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
The Royal Worcester Porcelain Co. Ltd. (1862 to date), factory